They do own their own bodies. There was a Q&A on Tumblr that mentioned this.I guess the canon discussion's gonna get carried over to this thread? Assuming they actually do, then I guess Marigold didn't so much buy the new chassis, but loaned Momo the money to buy herself a new chassis.
Wait, you said you were turning square. 45 is not a square!Sure it is. It's the square of approximately 6.708203932499369
Or, as my mother would say, you're halfway to 90.
They do own their own bodies. There was a Q&A on Tumblr that mentioned this. I wonder if Station is an exception.
Method, you're confusing jwhouk and skewbrow.
This comic may be based on something that actually happened on Marigold's Twitter a few days ago. Warning: actual Borderlands 2 spoilers in that link, click at your own risk.
YB: "Ninety per cent of your trip on this planet is half uphill" the other half is downhill
Flat.YB: "Ninety per cent of your trip on this planet is half uphill" the other half is downhill
What about the remaining 10 percent? °O
So for 10 percent of your life you don't age? What? Getting increasingly confused here.Flat.YB: "Ninety per cent of your trip on this planet is half uphill" the other half is downhillWhat about the remaining 10 percent? °O
Wouldn't they have thrusters on something that big and expensive to keep the orbit from degrading, though?I think so. And propulsion technology is more advanced in the QC-verse than in our world, judging from the SSTO space-plane that took Hanners, Marigold and Marten into orbit.
Jeph said in a Tumblr Q&A that Station is too big to fit on normal server hardware.Isn't "Station" just the human subroutine (re: Friday's comic) rather than the whole AI, though? Wouldn't that be severable if it came down to it?
Which itself would give the station a boost every time it docked (unless they horribly cocked up the direction of docking relative to the station spin and orbit, which is unlikely).Wouldn't they have thrusters on something that big and expensive to keep the orbit from degrading, though?I think so. And propulsion technology is more advanced in the QC-verse than in our world, judging from the SSTO space-plane that took Hanners, Marigold and Marten into orbit.
It's possible that the station is higher than LEO. Maybe it was constructed in situ from raw materials mined on the Moon and asteroids. If it was high enough, it would have less atmospheric drag to deal with, which could be done with some kind of ion drive. It could even be at Earth-Moon L1 and use the orbital resonance to keep it in place.Unless the windows were giant viewscreens, L1 doesn't match the depiction. Nor does GEO for that matter. And "a little bit higher than LEO" is smack in the middle of the VABs, a very bad place to put a tank full of squishies. Plus Spaceship apparently got them there in a time comparable to a transatlantic flight even with his "miss" of the station on the first orbit so a very great deal further than LEO seems ruled out by that too, unless Spaceship has a) magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and b) inertial dampers to stop a splatting the cargo.
Unless the windows were giant viewscreens, L1 doesn't match the depiction. Nor does GEO for that matter. And "a little bit higher than LEO" is smack in the middle of the VABs, a very bad place to put a tank full of squishies. Plus Spaceship apparently got them there in a time comparable to a transatlantic flight even with his "miss" of the station on the first orbit so a very great deal further than LEO seems ruled out by that too, unless Spaceship has a) magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and b) inertial dampers to stop a splatting the cargo.
In which case, Station should be able to park wherever he damn well pleases because he wouldn't have to worry about petty things like "gravity" and "drag" at all.
But why would anyone think going to space was special then?
How do you spoil a video game? 19 out of 20 are 100% predictable from the first thirty minutes.More specifically, since I don't know the game in question (or any other, for that matter), could someone tell me which of Marigold's tweets contained the spoiler and, briefly and either generically or hidden, how it gave away a plot point?
So, does a massive amount of cat GIFs work to soothe an inflamed internet? I've never actually seen that in action, so I wouldn't know.
How do you spoil a video game? 19 out of 20 are 100% predictable from the first thirty minutes.Warning: Civ4 spoiler ahead.
I really like the way Marigold grabs her hair when she's freaking out. I'm fairly sure she's done it before but can't archive-fu one up.
I really like the way Marigold grabs her hair when she's freaking out. I'm fairly sure she's done it before but can't archive-fu one up.
EDIT: Found one! (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1527)
I checked the Marigold Twitter feed, and I cannot find the "offensive" post. But, then again, I have not played Borderlands 2 (and I do not plan on playing it). Plus, I do not care about spoilers in video games as I tend to use GameFAQS to help me out with some difficult games.
I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!
You are to report to the Department of Redundancy Department immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 from that automated teller machine machine.Had you linked to the DORD page, I would have reached through the monitor and slapped you. It is too late to go on a TVTropes archive binge :meh:
Yeah....Marten was sothinkingfearing it was a love letter.
Confused me, too. But the more I look at it, the less it actually amounts to any specific emotion. More like a "blank face", really.Yeah....Marten was soI think that's slightly more accurate. I mean, look at his face in panel four!thinkingfearing it was a love letter.
Jeph describes how he tightened up the dialogue for this. (http://jephjacques.com/post/32722345693/self-editing)Tai comes off much better in the real one than in the original script.
I occurs to me that we don't know if Tai's invitation had hearts on as well (it's not clear if Tai can see the front of Marten's either).Because you don't see her invitation envelope, it is rather ambiguous. But Emily's character does seem the type to pretty up an invite with hearts and stars and whatnot.
Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter
Double Twist: The love letter is the second clue in the SMIF Annual Scavenger Hunt. Marten remains, however, clueless.Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter
I lol'd.Double Twist: The love letter is the second clue in the SMIF Annual Scavenger Hunt. Marten remains, however, clueless.Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter
I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!
Tomorrow: Turns out it really IS a love letter, and Tai just got invited to something unrelated.
It's not that far of a logical stretch, for somebody who's just received a letter covered in hearts from a somewhat passionate and slightly cuckoo lady they've known for a few weeks.
I was certainly thinking along those lines before scrolling down a bit. :P
I concur. It's pretty out of left field, if she was flirting with him any time before this I am deeply perplexed too.
A banana smoothie party, of course.
Yeah, I honestly don't see the a-peel.A banana smoothie party, of course.
Man, I hate going to those. Everyone's hammered by the end of the night.
Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....i like this idea
Yeah, I honestly don't see the a-peel.A banana smoothie party, of course.
Man, I hate going to those. Everyone's hammered by the end of the night.
Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....
A banana smoothie party, of course.
I think it was once at least implied if not stated that she would be interested in a relationship (before/during the play date with Sven) but she is very well aware that her OCDs make it impossible for the time being.Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....
I can't speak for Emily, but Hannelore probably wouldn't do that, if she's anything like me. She's never had a romantic relationship, not because she can't get one (I think that there are a lot more people like Clinton than she realizes.), but because she doesn't want one. There is a huge difference between looking at sexy firemen pictures and marrying a sexy fireman, not just socially, but mentally as well.
Sounds like good fun but I have to then ask a question ..... will there be warming of the bananas? Also possibly other fruit like Strawberries ..... I like strawberries ... and maybe mango?Mango, banana and tangerine,
OK I don't get why everyone thinks Emily is so weird. Perhaps it's because I'm really weird, but I do a lot of the things that Emily does and don't think I'm that weird. Also, she has had sensible conversations too - her discussion with Momo might have started out rude but it developed into an interesting and fairly mature conversation about something that isn't off the wall.
You know, as flippant as it sounds, that may actually be semi-plausible. She could be a prototype hollow-child!I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!
A coming-out party, in which she reveals she's actually a defective An-PC.
Or maybe an alien.
she doesn't afraid of anything either,"doesn't afraid of anything indeed" ^.^
OK I don't get why everyone thinks Emily is so weird. Perhaps it's because I'm really weird, but I do a lot of the things that Emily does and don't think I'm that weird. Also, she has had sensible conversations too - her discussion with Momo might have started out rude but it developed into an interesting and fairly mature conversation about something that isn't off the wall.
That was also the conversation in which she revealed her ambition to become a toaster. Then there's her Twitter feed.
About Hannelore: 1144 has her wishing Faye could start a relationship, partly because it would give Hanners some hope for herself.
I'm looking forward to another party arc.
Plot Twist: Padma turns up at the partyThat'd make less sense than her showing up in space.
Azuma. And it makes her...I don't know, someone who likes banana smoothies.Plot Twist: Padma turns up at the partyThat'd make less sense than her showing up in space.
In space, no one can hear you splash.Azuma. And it makes her...I don't know, someone who likes banana smoothies.Plot Twist: Padma turns up at the partyThat'd make less sense than her showing up in space.
Plot Twist: Emily's parents' lake house is in space. It's a space lake house!
Double Twist: The love letter is the second clue in the SMIF Annual Scavenger Hunt. Marten remains, however, clueless.Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter
Am I reading Emily's surname right as "Ayume?" Doesn't that make her Japanese? ...how does she NOT know what anime is?
Am I reading Emily's surname right as "Ayume?" Doesn't that make her Japanese? ...how does she NOT know what anime is?
What: ????, swimming, ???? & other fun things!
You are invited to a Party!
When: This Saturday night
to this Sunday morning!
Where: My parents' lake house!
What: Games, Swimming, a cookout
& other fun things!
I hope you are able to come!
Emily Azuma
:)
I read it as "cookout" but I'm not sure it makes sense.
I guess cursive really is dieing... Where's the line for reading this easily? 25? 30? 42?
And spelling is definitely dying...
(I'm 39, and initially read it as "Dames" but otherwise it was no bother).
To anyone debating Emily's last name, remember there's https://twitter.com/EmilyAzuma
I guess cursive really is dieing... Where's the line for reading this easily? 25? 30? 42?Emily's handwriting is better than mine. I had no problems with reading it, except for the G at the beginning of Games, which I got from the context. I am bad at cursive capital letters, and I confess that I print the initial letter of capitalised words, and write the rest cursively. English is way easier to read than cursive Chinese. See below the word cǎoshū ("grass script" or cursive writing) which is written once in standard Traditional Characters and once in cursive:
As the central character, inviting all his friends becomes a grand excuse to get the whole cast together at once...
I'm hoping Steve shows up. And maybe the band can play their first gig...
I separated out the letters for you:
(http://cassland.org/images/Azuma.jpg)
I suppose there might be people who can print faster than they can write cursively, but it certainly is not true for me. Sheer speed is the main advantage of cursive I think, though that might explain why my handwriting is ugly...
How many more Azumanga Daioh references do you need here people? Now, if someone drives like a maniac in a beat-up car, and if Emily's parents have a big white Pyrennes dog, that'll take the cake.
I'm, for one, LOVING Emily!
She's odd, silly, sugar-coatedly sweet and that pony tail... squeee~ ♥
Friday will show a couple of cast members shamelessly flirting at the party with plently of drunk bubbles in evidence.
Cut to Monday, 2 panels of the other cast members looking at one or the other of the pair, obviously in rough shape from the weekend, the last panel will be a split panel focusing in on the pair who will utter one sentence in a joint speech bubble - "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
Rest of the week is Yelling Bird and guest strips while Jeph scripts out the rest of the arc.
Wait... so you're saying Jeph and Cristi are Emily's parents? :psyduck:How many more Azumanga Daioh references do you need here people? Now, if someone drives like a maniac in a beat-up car, and if Emily's parents have a big white Pyrennes dog, that'll take the cake.
But they do… Jeph and Cristi have a big ol' fluffball called Shebly. ;)
Friday will show a couple of cast members shamelessly flirting at the party with plently of drunk bubbles in evidence.
Cut to Monday, 2 panels of the other cast members looking at one or the other of the pair, obviously in rough shape from the weekend, the last panel will be a split panel focusing in on the pair who will utter one sentence in a joint speech bubble - "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
Rest of the week is Yelling Bird and guest strips while Jeph scripts out the rest of the arc.
I just hope for Tai not trying to seduce Dora into bed. That still needs to be put off while.
That said, I'm hoping for a post drunken haze strip where you have people all over the lake house. Hanging from chandeliers, passed out over railings, etc.
I'd really love to see a case of mistaken happenings of Marten waking up in his boxers in bed with Emily solely to see what Emily would say in such a circumstance that'd likely make Marten scream like a little girl.
Where's the line for reading this easily? 25?Probably no more than this, since I had no issues and was amused to see so many confused by what it said. That being said, I never write in cursive because I almost never write anything. I've typed almost all of my assignments since high school. It was weird, they taught us cursive in third grade, made us always use it third through fifth, insisting that it was because in middle school and high school you had to use it so you might as well get used to it.
How many more Azumanga Daioh references do you need here people? Now, if someone drives like a maniac in a beat-up car, and if Emily's parents have a big white Pyrennes dog, that'll take the cake.I don't know what kind of car Tai drives, but she does drive like a maniac (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1916).
Oh, no... you've summoned them... those who'll tell you what a real barbecue is.Well, in theory, only the Arawaks of the Taíno and Timucua tribes would know what a real real barbecue is. But they are extinct.
Am I reading Emily's surname right as "Ayume?" Doesn't that make her Japanese? ...how does she NOT know what anime is?
Oh, no... you've summoned them... those who'll tell you what a real barbecue is.A real barbecue involves beer, friends, and a woolly mammoth for grilling.
She's Japanese-American, emphasis on the American (i.e., born and raised and, as a result, is only familiar with American culture).Many people have pointed out that, on the topic on her ignorance of anime, her being of Japanese descent is less relevant than the fact that she's a student in computer science, and therefore has had supposedly much exposition to nerd culture, of which anime is a significant part.
EDIT: This is pure conjecture, of course, since we still know very little about Emily.Well, for one thing, with such a first name, it's unlikely she's Japan-born. Unless her parents are at least half as excentric as she is, which can't be ruled out.
How many more Azumanga Daioh references do you need here people?
By the way, I'm a programmer. I briefly tried to imagine what code written by Emily would look like. I gave up.
Oh, no... you've summoned them... those who'll tell you what a real barbecue is.
Am I reading Emily's surname right as "Ayume?" Doesn't that make her Japanese? ...how does she NOT know what anime is?
She's Japanese-American, emphasis on the American (i.e., born and raised and, as a result, is only familiar with American culture).
EDIT: This is pure conjecture, of course, since we still know very little about Emily.
What is it? I can't seem to find that post.Am I reading Emily's surname right as "Ayume?" Doesn't that make her Japanese? ...how does she NOT know what anime is?
She's Japanese-American, emphasis on the American (i.e., born and raised and, as a result, is only familiar with American culture).
EDIT: This is pure conjecture, of course, since we still know very little about Emily.
It's supported by evidence from the script. Akima pointed out one Emily-ism that would be unthinkable in Chinese culture, from which we can extrapolate that someone from a Chinese-influenced culture wouldn't do it either.
Probably this one (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,28167.msg1094948/topicseen.html#msg1094948). At the time I posted that, Emily's surname had not been revealed, so I was referring to Chinese culture.Interesting. Also, I had to look up jook-sing and FOB, but that's good, I like learning things.
One date does not "dating" make. I wouldn't call them a couple yetI never said they were a couple. They're definitely dating, though.
I would say that by [...]My oh my, whats going on here.
I didn't see what Marten did wrong, either, but assumed that I was clueless about some social norm (again).Well, yesterday, about Marten stating he's got a lot of friends, you said this:
Does Marten have a lot of friends? We've only seen a few.Which induced me to try and count them. But when Dora appeared in my list, I told myself "Ah, but Tai will certainly want to be the one to extend the invitation to Dora." It just seems a normal part of a relationship to me, even a budding one.
Tai could just be micromanaging. Remember, she's desperate for this relationship to work, so she might feel compelled to be in control of every aspect of it, including the invitation. She's also kind of out of her element in terms of trying for a long term relationship, so it's a little understandable that she's a little shaky on how to act.
Perhaps Momo, being a co-worker at the library, got her own invitation.And it's then quite probable that she'll be the one extending the invitation to Marigold.
Bear with me here, train of thought coming up.
1. I was surprised people thought Pintsize would be invited. I think this is because he is not really socially able to interact with strangers in an appropriate manner. I was also surprised that Winslow was suggested, even though he can. Conclusion: I did not consider anthroPCs to count as Marten's friends.
2. I was not surprised Momo is included in the list. Momo is also an anthroPC, but she looks more human.
3. Is Momo more socially adept now than she was in her old chassis? I feel as though the dynamic has shifted since she changed body - for a start, she now has a job and friends of her own, independent of Marigold.
Unless the windows were giant viewscreens, L1 doesn't match the depiction. Nor does GEO for that matter. And "a little bit higher than LEO" is smack in the middle of the VABs, a very bad place to put a tank full of squishies. Plus Spaceship apparently got them there in a time comparable to a transatlantic flight even with his "miss" of the station on the first orbit so a very great deal further than LEO seems ruled out by that too, unless Spaceship has a) magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and b) inertial dampers to stop a splatting the cargo.
In which case, Station should be able to park wherever he damn well pleases because he wouldn't have to worry about petty things like "gravity" and "drag" at all.
But why would anyone think going to space was special then?
J E-C could well have developed magic rockets with super-high thrust and near-infinite specific impulse and intertial dampeners. After all, he did invent the robot hamster.
Yeah, but at least that's symmetrical. What I don't get is when people do it on just one side.
I really like the way Marigold grabs her hair when she's freaking out. I'm fairly sure she's done it before but can't archive-fu one up.
EDIT: Found one! (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1527)
FYP.
I will note, however, I missed her look when he grew her hair out and it had blondetipsroots.
Faye does look pretty cool, but I never understood the shirts like the one Dora's wearing, it looks like someone took a t-shirt and cut an arbitrary amount from the right shoulder. Am I missing something?
I took Marten's sigh as a "oh for ***** sake! fine. guess i can't ask my friend these questions anymore." She's definitely one of the overbearing types I avoid as friends. Just as my own personal preference.
Are you sure that "anal-retentive" has a hyphen?
I guess I am just used to ladies taking scissors to their shirts. It is most notable in the student sections during football games. It's most notable when they slice open the sides and stand right in front of you. Its like "I don't want to stare, but you are putting everything right in front of my face. This is getting awkward."
Sure, I was just following a thought chain that ended up with the main point: is Momo treated more like a human now that she's in a new chassis?Pretty definitely, I think. In her old chassis Marigold, and Faye even more so, treated her like a doll or toy. Remember the way Faye used to peer up her skirt (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1624), or toss her around (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657), for example? It makes Emily's belly-button pushing (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2250) look pretty tame.
Don't you guys pay any attention to what girls are wearing? Hey, it's been a while since I posted a fashion-rant...
Don't you guys pay any attention to what girls are wearing? Hey, it's been a while since I posted a fashion-rant...
Sometimes I realize that if I had to file a missing persons report on my wife I wouldn't be able to tell the authorities what she was wearing when she disappeared.
I don't understand all the bibble-babble about Dora's top. It's just an ordinary wide-necked top of the sort that's intended to be worn off the shoulder, or at least always slips that way (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=off+the+shoulder+tops&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dBZuUIWFIOyiiAew24GwAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1206&bih=1050). No scissors are required. Don't you guys pay any attention to what girls are wearing? Hey, it's been a while since I posted a fashion-rant...I've seen them before, I just don't see how it's comfortable.
Let's see:
- Steve
- Faye
- Dora
- Sven
- Amir
- Jimbo (if he's sober)
- Hannelore
- Angus
- Cosette
- Elliot
- Penelope
- Will
- Marigold
- Emily (obviously)
- Gabby (getting there)
- Claire (who's probably already going to be there)
- Clinton (though that's questionable)
- Momo
- Winslow
Pintsize(No, he doesn't want him to burn Emily's parents place down)
Don't you guys pay any attention to what girls are wearing?
So Dora is assbutt and Marten is buttass. I like it!I thought Marten was spookypants?
I don't understand all the bibble-babble about Dora's top. It's just an ordinary wide-necked top of the sort that's intended to be worn off the shoulder, or at least always slips that way (http://www.google.com.au/search?q=off+the+shoulder+tops&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dBZuUIWFIOyiiAew24GwAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1206&bih=1050). No scissors are required. Don't you guys pay any attention to what girls are wearing? Hey, it's been a while since I posted a fashion-rant...I've seen them before, I just don't see how it's comfortable.
Why not?
*Doffs Bowler hat*Can we borrow it? - a colleague became a British citizen yesterday, and overnight his desk has been tastefully decorated with all the red, white and blue paraphernalia left over from our summer jubilee celebrations; and an England rugby shirt to replace his NZ one. But we're missing a bowler.
Smooth reflexes there, Faye. It can't be easy to just backhand someone like that.Faye reads gossip mags? :psyduck:
THE LAST COMIC CERTAINLY WAS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Smooth reflexes there, Faye. It can't be easy to just backhand someone like that.Faye reads gossip mags? :psyduck:
No, she reads Gossip Mag, an ironic post-structural review of other gossipy organs. Its meta gossip.Smooth reflexes there, Faye. It can't be easy to just backhand someone like that.Faye reads gossip mags? :psyduck:
Faye reads gossip mags? :psyduck:
boob-tubeThat's an article of clothing? I thought "boob-tube" meant television.
No, she reads Gossip Mag, an ironic post-structural review of other gossipy organs. Its meta gossip.It's actually Gossip Rag.
Also, Eschatonic, come on. No need to go there.
Also, Eschatonic, come on. No need to go there.
Not sure what you mean by this. Does pointing it out make you uncomfortable?
Let's imagine for a second that Steve had walked past, Faye had looked, and Angus had hit her in response. That cool with you?
(Blocked in the UK)In Australia too.
Clearly, you need to be reading more conservative and thusly, boring comics if this hurts your sensibilities.
Are you sure that "anal-retentive" has a hyphen?
seriously, Marigold could use some kind of makeover. If it's not aimed at mainstream "beauty", and involves clothes she'd actually enjoy wearing
Clearly, you need to be reading more conservative and thusly, boring comics if this hurts your sensibilities.
Actually, I'd rather read QC thanks. It's a good comic.
Honestly though I'd prefer it if we could have a mature discussion about why Faye thinks it's okay to hit Angus (or, more interestingly, why no-one appears to think that this is noteworthy behaviour). I mean seriously, try my thought experiment and tell me that wouldn't make you uncomfortable to see in the comic.
Also, Eschatonic, come on. No need to go there.
Not sure what you mean by this. Does pointing it out make you uncomfortable?
Let's imagine for a second that Steve had walked past, Faye had looked, and Angus had hit her in response. That cool with you?
Clearly, you need to be reading more conservative and thusly, boring comics if this hurts your sensibilities.
IT'S A COMIC STRIP.
IT'S A COMIC STRIP.Honestly? This is just as bad, as it's basically an insult to the medium. Just because we don't need to overanalyze that particular thing doesn't mean you should result to this.
On DAT ASS: Marigold is kind of hot, in a strange way. Really, if she washed her face more and maybe brushed her hair out with some conditioner, she'd easily be the hottest character in QC. IMHO.
(Thoughtful comments about social standards and how fiction both reflects and shapes them)
For future reference, if you're trying to divine some overarching moral standpoint from my comic: the moral of my comic is that people should try to be nice to each other.
Angus deserved that smack. DESERVED it I say; a Real Man (TM) only has eyes for his woman! Other women simply CEASE TO EXIST for the man truly in love.Sorry, I call bullshit. Does not actually work that way.
*Doffs Bowler hat*Can we borrow it? - a colleague became a British citizen yesterday, and overnight his desk has been tastefully decorated with all the red, white and blue paraphernalia left over from our summer jubilee celebrations; and an England rugby shirt to replace his NZ one. But we're missing a bowler.
I think he knows that. I'm honestly not quite sure how you missed the sarcasm there.Angus deserved that smack. DESERVED it I say; a Real Man (TM) only has eyes for his woman! Other women simply CEASE TO EXIST for the man truly in love.Sorry, I call bullshit. Does not actually work that way.
I think he knows that. I'm honestly not quite sure how you missed the sarcasm there.Angus deserved that smack. DESERVED it I say; a Real Man (TM) only has eyes for his woman! Other women simply CEASE TO EXIST for the man truly in love.Sorry, I call bullshit. Does not actually work that way.
boob-tubeThat's an article of clothing? I thought "boob-tube" meant television.
Welcome, new person!
You had no way of knowing this, and it's not a rules thing, but that issue has become an Oh No Not That Again discussion. The points that come up every time, in case you were wondering, are It's Just A Cartoon, It's Just A Smack, But She Left A Bruise On Marten, But He Never Asked Her To Stop, But He Shouldn't Have To, I Smack My Friends And Vice Versa, and several others I don't have the energy to recall.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
While I appreciate the information, and sympathize with the author's position, it is my opinion that much of the supposed "comedy" of this work derives from the flaws of the characters, and how those flaws interact. Naturally, some people - perhaps as a result of dealing with such flaws in themselves or other people they know in real life - are going to take them much more seriously.
tl;dr - it's funny 'cause they're fucked up, but some people don't find some flavors of fucked up funny.
1.) Jeph has said, on these forums, that Faye's seemingly violent overreactions are clearly, obviously not okay in real life (with the exception of such as the OWLS Incident) and when you can parse that they are meant for comedy, they are in fact meant for comedy--Friday's strip being a prime example.
2.) Many, many, many posters have come through here bearing the effigy of Faye as Domestic Abuser and decrying her as violent, even psychopathic. Not one of these posters has done so in good faith. They have an agenda, and that agenda is tearing Faye down because they personally dislike her, or they feel she has sinned by not fucking Marten, or they are projecting an ex that they want to do violence of their own to onto her character, etc. This agenda was and is a stupid fucking agenda, and those who post under it are not welcome here. Jeph is not portraying a psychopath.
3.) Jeph has also stated that he gets really aggravated by reading the argument of how violent Faye is over and over again and it is one of the reasons he stays off the forums, is these circular arguments and revolving-door character hate sessions: Faye is violent and abusive, Dora is a frigid harpy, Tai is an obnoxious stereotype, etc., etc.
4.) Jeph is not the only one who tires of revolving-door character hate sessions, or of constant overanalysis of material that, it can be reasonably assumed, is meant for comedy. That's why, I think, jwhouk fairly shouted IT'S A COMIC STRIP: this was not, to my eyes, the beginning of some story arc on Faye and Angus' troubled domestic situation, it is a one-off gag that is nearly as old as situational comedy itself..
FINALLY, I wouid like to caution people trying to play the equivalency game that while violence is never okay, and it is despicable for a woman to victimize a man, it is not the same situation as a man victimizing a woman--there are different power structures in play.
I came onto QC. I felt uncomfortable reading it--as it was showing domestic violence--and so I came here, to see what things users were saying about it,
So I was just reading the comic and lurking on the forums for other people's reactions (for fun and profit), and then SUDDENLY someone has an outbreak of "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT OK YOU KNOW" and everything goes downhill.Well said, Rainforce.
I don't want to be offensive here (I just am, probably), but:
Whoever thinks that something he/she read on a webcomic is applicable to real life has probably some serious Issues.
AS DO THE PEOPLE THAT WRITE ENDLESS PARAGRAPHS ABOUT ONE COMIC STRIP FEATURING A WRISTSLAP.
can we PLEASE not argue pointlessly and excessively about things that don't mat............no wait, that's actually all we do here.
can we please not argue pointlessly and excessively about topics we deem far too serious?
Welcome, new person!
You had no way of knowing this, and it's not a rules thing, but that issue has become an Oh No Not That Again discussion. The points that come up every time, in case you were wondering, are It's Just A Cartoon, It's Just A Smack, But She Left A Bruise On Marten, But He Never Asked Her To Stop, But He Shouldn't Have To, I Smack My Friends And Vice Versa, and several others I don't have the energy to recall.
Thank you, this brings a little perspective to the hostility here I guess.
So I was just reading the comic and lurking on the forums for other people's reactions (for fun and profit), and then SUDDENLY someone has an outbreak of "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT OK YOU KNOW" and everything goes downhill.
I don't want to be offensive here (I just am, probably), but:
Whoever thinks that something he/she read on a webcomic is applicable to real life has probably some serious Issues.
AS DO THE PEOPLE THAT WRITE ENDLESS PARAGRAPHS ABOUT ONE COMIC STRIP FEATURING A WRISTSLAP.
can we PLEASE not argue pointlessly and excessively about things that don't mat............no wait, that's actually all we do here.
can we please not argue pointlessly and excessively about topics we deem far too serious?
It's been said that Jeph provides this forum for us. Therewith, we should be polite. I'm uncomfortable with this logic, somewhat. It reminds me of what users of CAD forum users say whenever Buckley has acted dickishly.
It's just absurd and bespeaks of laziness, agenda seeking flaws in something you didn't really like in the first place, or, dare I say it....Trolling and attention whore seeking.
5.) It is different any time a man strikes a woman from a woman striking a man, because the man has the institutionalized advantage. He has male privilege on his side, and the weight of centuries of institutionalized sexism. A man striking a woman is someone in power victimizing someone who is not. If you argue otherwise, you are wrong.
It's been said that Jeph provides this forum for us. Therewith, we should be polite. I'm uncomfortable with this logic, somewhat. It reminds me of what users of CAD forum users say whenever Buckley has acted dickishly.
Although obviously Jeph can moderate, he's only done so once in the last two years. It's me and the other mods who run this place. We do not object to criticism of Jeph's work here; however, we do object when people come here to insult him. But then we do not want anyone to trade insults here, so yes, please be polite.
The sad fact of the matter of people decrying something in a strip where they don't even know if it has an incredibly harmless slap like a wrist flick or full blown slap. I took it as a "I know where your eyes are, mister" wrist flick..
But on the whole "this comic makes me uncomfortable" and I just "skimmed it a bit"....Ugh. If something unsettles you, why bother with it then? I imagine you abhor contact sports then as well? Maybe not. I'm just making blind assumptions like you are with Faye that this is some depiction of domestic violence..
The overreaction to something so benign on the whole I find completely flabbergasting.
With the long winded rants, you'd think Faye had subjected Angus to a week of harsh verbal abuse followed by smacking him absentmindedly with a mace because he forgot to put the toilet seat down. That's what I don't get.
It's like you're trying to force some quasi-utopian world you've built up for yourself where you expect everyone to fall into your abstractions of the rules of perfect human interaction and those who stray as domestic monsters. At least in relation to this strip.
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Nobody's come up with an original insight yet in this discussion. Please put down the sticks and back away from the horse carcass.
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Nobody's come up with an original insight yet in this discussion. Please put down the sticks and back away from the horse carcass.
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I'm genuinely curious. What, to you, would constituent original insight into this discussion? Because, by the sounds of a lot uses here, not talking about it at all...seems the only advised and engaged (if not original) way of dealing with this.
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Nobody's come up with an original insight yet in this discussion. Please put down the sticks and back away from the horse carcass.
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I'm genuinely curious. What, to you, would constituent original insight into this discussion? Because, by the sounds of a lot uses here, not talking about it at all...seems the only advised and engaged (if not original) way of dealing with this.
But it's already been stated, repeatedly, that this topic has been brought up over and over again, ad-nauseum in the past, and I assume that nothing here has any new points that haven't been heard by everyone else in the past, if I read the subtext of IICIH's post correctly, while taking into account that this has come up before. Just because you (or I, for that matter) weren't around for said discussions, doesn't not mean they didn't happen, and frankly, I can't blame people for not wanting (or frankly, needing) to rehash it for the umpteenth time.
It was requested, politely, that the matter be dropped, and you are still (politely) insisting that it needs to be rehashed. One thing I've found with this forum, is that it's take it or leave it - if people don't like how things are run, or at the very least can't tolerate it, then they are more than welcome to move on to other places; no one is holding a gun to anyone's head to keep them here. For those that understand and can, at the very least, respect how thing are run (note that respecting how things are run, and agreeing with it, are two entirely separate matters), are more than welcome to stay. At least, that's how it looks, from my observations.
With respect though, as I asked, have I not been polite? Have I been hugely rude? Have I insulted Jeph?
DNR, perhaps a dive through previous WCDTs might yield the answers you're looking for, as far as how far discussions have gone in the past, and might give a bit of a sense of closure to said discussion if you read what's come before? As I've said, I'm pretty new here, so I wouldn't personally know where to begin. But some of the veterans of the site might be able to give you an approximate timeframe for which to begin your search.
If you believe that the kind of slapstick depicted in the disputed comic normalizes domestic violence, or even violence of any kind: do you have any evidence to support this assertion?As much as I disagree with DNR, this is not a very fair question, as it is based on how you interpret this comic/image/piece of art.
DNR, perhaps a dive through previous WCDTs might yield the answers you're looking for, as far as how far discussions have gone in the past, and might give a bit of a sense of closure to said discussion if you read what's come before? As I've said, I'm pretty new here, so I wouldn't personally know where to begin. But some of the veterans of the site might be able to give you an approximate timeframe for which to begin your search.
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22409.0.html for example.
Good grief, there's barely anyone in that thread that's posting in here anymore!
A horse burger is someone who burgs horses, of course. Trying a horse burger means putting one on trial.
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22409.0.html for example.
Always nice to be appreciated :)http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22409.0.html (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22409.0.html) for example.
Whoa, the discussion style in that thread makes me really appreciate the current mods.
Whoa, the discussion style in that thread makes me really appreciate the current mods.
boob-tubeThat's an article of clothing? I thought "boob-tube" meant television.
Probably an alternate to 'tube top', which is, quite literally, a boob tube :-D
I'd hardly call what he did "perving". Seems a but strong of a word.
Also, a nice slang here for the television set is the "idiot box" :-D
As for a better term, I'd probably call it ogling, or simply 'admiring the view'.
Also, a nice slang here for the television set is the "idiot box" :-D
Yep, you hear that one here in the States too :-)
As for a better term, I'd probably call it ogling, or simply 'admiring the view'.
"Perving" is a perfectly good term for those things. It wouldn't imply any more than that in Australia IMO.
DNR, perhaps a dive through previous WCDTs might yield the answers you're looking for, as far as how far discussions have gone in the past, and might give a bit of a sense of closure to said discussion if you read what's come before? As I've said, I'm pretty new here, so I wouldn't personally know where to begin. But some of the veterans of the site might be able to give you an approximate timeframe for which to begin your search.
http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22409.0.html for example.
Good grief, there's barely anyone in that thread that's posting in here anymore!
My, how things have changed...
Well, the word "bugger" isn't exactly polite if you look at its meaning, but it is such a mild curse in Australia that it was the centre-piece of a particularly well-known advertisement.True. When we say "bugger the thing" when, for example, your phone slips out of your hand (but doesn't break), it's just to say that something was "unexpected, a little annoying, but not actually bad". It's not to say that we want to sodomise it or anything (when you actually look at the uses of the word "bugger")...
Slang isn't necessarily logical.
True. When we say "Fuck" when, for example, your phone slips out of your hand (but doesn't break), it's just to say that something was "unexpected, a little annoying, but not actually bad". It's not to say that we want to fornicate with it or anything
True. When we say "Damn It" when, for example, your phone slips out of your hand (but doesn't break), it's just to say that something was "unexpected, a little annoying, but not actually bad". It's not to say that we want the phone tossed into Hell where it can suffer for all eternity or anythingSo are Fuck and Bugger equivalent in their "acceptability" in your example usage? I doubt it. As someone above said, Slang is not logical.